Jackman misses out on BAFTA

Australia's Hugh Jackman has missed out on a BAFTA for Best Actor with Daniel Day-Lewis taking the gong.

Jackman was nominated for his turn as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables.

Jackman, who was a hit on the red carpet with fans screaming his name to get his attention and a snap, wasn’t confident heading into the Royal Opera House in London and with good reason - the bookies had installed Day-Lewis as an unbackable favourite.

But the Sydney-born actor said just being nominated for his turn as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables was a thrill.

The actress thanked the "golden-hearted group" who made the film and wished her co-star Eddie Redmayne, who is ill, well, saying: "Feel better. I mean I'd be holding your hair back, but, you know ... "

She also thanked Victor Hugo - the writer of the original novel which inspired the musical - saying: "Without whom, none of us would be here."

The award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to David O Russell for Silver Linings Playbook.

The award for Best Short Film went to Swimmer which was made by We Need to Talk About Kevin director Lynne Ramsay.

The Making of Longbird picked up the award for Best Short Animation.

Jacqueline Durran won the award for Costume Design for her work on the Keira Knightley film Anna Karenina.

Lisa Westcott won the award for Best Make-up and Hair for her work on Les Miserables.

Brave, a Disney fantasy set in the Scottish Highlands, was named Best Animated Film.

The awards for Sound and Editing went to Les Miserables and Ben Affleck's Iran hostage crisis drama Argo respectively.

Mark Strong presented the Cinematography award to Claudio Miranda for his work on Life Of Pi which was picked up on his behalf by the film director Ang Lee.

Faith was back on stage with David Morrissey to present the award for Best Original Music to Thomas Newman for Skyfall.

Speaking backstage, the film's director Sam Mendes said he would love to make another Bond film.

"I've had a great time, it's been a huge learning curve and we would want to make a better movie next time around, and if we thought we do that they might let me have another go again," he said.

Lincoln star Sally Field came on stage to present the award for Original Screenplay without her presenting partner Redmayne after he was taken ill backstage.

Field told the audience: "He seems to be puking his guts out back there."

Billy Connolly came on stage to present the award for an Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.

Joking that he was "presenting an unsuspecting stranger with a deathmask on a stick", the comedian and actor gave the award to Bart Layton and Dimitri Doganis for their documentary The Imposter.

The film tells the true story of Frenchman Frederic Bourdin, who posed as a missing Texan teenager so successfully that he moved in with his family and lived as him for several months.

The next award, for Special Visual Effects, went to the 3D spectacular Life Of Pi.

Trainspotting director Danny Boyle presented the award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema to FilmFour boss Tessa Ross, who he described as a "shy genius".

He said: "I can pay her no greater compliment than to say she really is the Paul Scholes of the British film industry."